Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
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:'' The candles are now lighted.'' | :'' The candles are now lighted.'' | ||
=== The auxiliary ''bi'' === | === The auxiliary ''bi'' === | ||
The auxiliary ''bi'' is used with predicates that are verbs, adjectives and adjuncts. For verbs, this comes with the tense system (pres, past/conditional, fut, jussive‚ imperative) x (imperfective, perfective). The auxiliary controls the tense and the preposition controls the aspect: | |||
* to ș' ă(g) = present (to becomes t' before a vowel) | * to ș' ă(g) = present (to becomes t' before a vowel) | ||
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* vă ș' ă(g) = past imperfective | * vă ș' ă(g) = past imperfective | ||
* vă șe ney = pluperfect | * vă șe ney = pluperfect | ||
* | * bey ș' ă(g) = future imperfective | ||
* | * bey șe ney = future perfective | ||
* rev ș' ă(g) = jussive impfv. ('may he.../let him...') | * rev ș' ă(g) = jussive impfv. ('may he.../let him...') | ||
* rev șe ney = jussive pfv. | * rev șe ney = jussive pfv. | ||